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Neuroscience 101: Why We Binge on Social Media

Explore how social media's design impacts student attention and engagement, applying neuroscience to classroom strategies.

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What you’ll cover

  1. 1Course welcome
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3How can social media be addictive?
  4. 4The truth market
  5. 5How truths spread
  6. 6Attention: The gateway to the brain
  7. 7Bingeworthy content and limbic games
  8. 8The Bingeworthy Scale
  9. 9Wombats and word of mouth
  10. 10Wombating examples that went viral
  11. 11TikTok: The app’s-eye view
  12. 12Reflection
  13. 13Congratulations